What is the typical relationship between interest rates on 6-month treasury bills, 10-year treasury notes, and baa corporate bonds? a. they tend to move together over time with the corporate bond having the highest rate of interest b. they tend to move randomly and independent of each other c. they tend to move together over time with the 6-month treasury bill having the highest rate of interest d. all three rates are virtually exact representations of the rate of inflation?

Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the are 250 working days per year.)a) what is the eoq? b) what is the average inventory if the eoq is used? c) what is the optimal number of orders per year? d) what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? e) what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?